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Chapter 18 Return to the Furnace(1/2)

"Xu Rong, you have to practice your alcohol tolerance. When you have time, go to my office to sit down and let's continue talking."

"Haha, it must be."

Xu Rong stood at the entrance of the community, looking at the two circles of red dots gradually moving away in the ink-like night, and did not go back immediately.

Today, Liu Yanming not only depicts the great money prospects of future leading actors in TV series, but also discusses a new view of distinguishing the quality of the script.

Unlike Shi Lanya's opinion on "What society needs, related topics will inevitably be popular." Liu Yanming believes that no matter what kind of subject matter, the core must be the story. As long as the story is attractive, no matter whether it is put into a shell of modernity, Republic of China or ancient costumes, it can achieve good results.

That is often said, script scripts, the book of a play.

According to Liu Yanming's judgment, after the 60th birthday of the old mother, costume dramas will inevitably emerge again.

Because the policy has a wider scale for costume dramas, screenwriters can be more bold when writing stories.

Whether Shi Lanya’s statement or Liu Yanming’s statement, he did not believe it or believed it in all.

As for who is right and who is wrong, he will look up relevant data and facts to verify it, and then selectively accept it.

The most terrifying thing about being a human is to accept everything you see and hear, and eventually be brainwashed.

What is even more terrifying is that you are determined to hold your own inherent views in the past and insist that you are always right, and that once the opinions of others are contrary to your own perception, you will undoubtedly be wrong.

From beginning to end, Xu Rong did not talk about renewing the contract with Liu Yanming, nor did he mention the movie, but he got the answers to the questions from each other's attitudes.

The next morning, as soon as Xu Rong walked out the door, he saw a Volvo car parked at the door dropping down.

Wang Yaqin's mouth was bulging and she poked her head out through the taxi window, and waved at him vaguely: "Teacher Xu, here, here."

Xu Rong walked over and asked, "Why are you here?"

Wang Yaqin swallowed the breakfast in her mouth and said, "Sister Fangfang asked me to come here, saying that you are going to the People's Art Theater today and asked me to pick you up and drop you off."

Xu Rong said "Oh", probably it should be Liu Yanming's arrangement, because when Jin Fangfang asked him last time, he told her that the driver would not be needed for the time being.

Even if he goes to the yard, it will be only temporary. When he graduates from the "return class", he will re-enter the preparation for the new drama.

The institute is quite tolerant of this, especially for actors who do not hold management positions. As long as they participate in the plays, they will participate in rehearsals and performances on time, no one will ask about it.

After getting into the car, he looked at Wang Yaqin who was rushing around skillfully in front of him. He was quite curious and asked, "Yaqin, have you driven the car before?"

"I've driven it, two wheels, three wheels, four wheels, I can drive it. Although it's all someone else's, I really like driving. However, when I first drove, I gave people something, but I accidentally broke the rearview mirror of a new car in the company, haha." Her voice became much lighter and lighter, "Teacher Xu, when you buy a sports car in the future, can you let me drive it too?"

"Haha, OK, but you have to wait for me to earn money to buy a sports car."

While smiling, he planned to give Jin Fangfang and Wang Yaqin a red envelope before the New Year this year.

Both of them are paid by the company, but after all, they are doing things for him. Both of them have a strong sense of responsibility, but a sense of responsibility cannot satisfy their hunger, and it is even more effective than the inspiration of subjective initiative.

During the shooting, he would give Wang Yaqin some pocket money to buy urgently needed supplies every once in a while.

She would write down every expense she spent in her notebook, wait for a play to finish, and return him all the accounts and the remaining money.

Every time, he never looked at those fragmentary accounts or took the money.

As for whether Wang Yaqin was honest or intentional, he didn't want to go into it.

He only judged the good and evil of her behavior, not words or driving force.

Besides, the assistant's income is really not high, and she is always day and night. If she has no other benefits, she may not leave or do something risky one day.

After he ate the meat, he had to drink a bowl of soup.

When he arrived at the gate of the yard, Xu Rong got out of the car and held the door: "You should slow down on the road and be careful."

"Yeah, OK."

After getting off the car, Xu Rong stood in front of the main entrance of the People's Art Theater wearing a black shirt and casual pants, carrying a brand new notebook.

In fact, to be honest, today is the beginning of his career as an actor in the People's Art Theater.

This is the birthplace of the realistic performance method. In the past, this was the sacred temple of domestic actors, and there were artists who were regarded as myths in the industry.

Looking at the eight big words on the stone tablet at the door, Xu Rong couldn't help but feel a sense of regret. Following Mr. Ouyang's death, Mr. Lin Liankun, who was known as the "Soul of Human Arts", passed away a month ago.

As the older generation gradually fades away, the glory of the People's Art Theatre has become increasingly faded.

It is undeniable that film and television have caused a huge impact on the drama industry with their low prices and cheap methods. Many people have never watched a complete drama in their entire lives.

Dramas and movies have certain similarities, but one is on the stage and the other is presented through the screen. However, in essence, they are told stories in specific scenes, just one shot to the end, and one is edited one by one.

"Why don't you go in?"

As Xu Rong sighed, Pu Cunxi, wearing a black baseball cap, came to him. Seeing him standing at the door but not going in, he asked curiously.

Xu Rong turned his head slightly, raised his chin at the stone tablet engraved with words at the door, and said with a smile: "Looking at this stone tablet, I feel a little stressed."

When Pu Cunxi heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly a smile appeared on his face. The smile became more and more intense and stronger. At the end, he reached out and patted Xu Rong on the shoulder twice and said, "It's right if you have pressure. Let's go. I'll come here a lot in the future. I don't have to worry about it now."

"Click."

With the sound of a shutter, Xu Rong quickly turned his head and saw Xu Fan waving the cell phone in his hand at him with a smile.

Song Dan, who was standing next to her, looked at Xu Rong with a look of shock and joked: "Oh, this is Teacher Xu. It's really not easy to see you once."

"Teacher Song is joking." Xu Rong smiled bitterly. He joined the company in July. Although he had been here several times before, he was only officially checked in to work today.

As he said that, he looked at Xu Fan again and asked, "Teacher Xu, are you just now?"

"Let's watch you chat and leave a group photo for you."

Xu Rong nodded gently. He didn't like Xu Fan very much, not because she was Feng Xiaogang's wife, but because she grew up completely at the bottom of his aesthetic, especially her coquettish voice.

There is no reason, I simply don't like it for no reason.

"Let's go, let's go in first."

While walking, Pu Cunxi said, "You delayed a while ago, but you still have to go back to the class. Because of some special reasons, Teacher Zhu Xu and Teacher Zheng Rong will take you in the turn."

Xu Rong turned his head in surprise and asked uncertainly: "Teacher Zhu and Teacher Zheng, both of them, will you take me one?"

"How about it, isn't you honored?"

Xu Rong originally thought that the one who brought him should be Zhu Xu. Because of Teacher Li Xuejian, Zhu Xu was the most suitable old man to take him.

But what happened to Mr. Zheng?

A popular science class is not about it, right?

The style and tradition of the people's art arts. For example, after the newcomer is admitted to the hospital, he will first be led by the old man to understand the history of the hospital, the style of the play, the style of the play, and the performance style, and then start with watching the show, play supporting roles, and play the leading role.

This is a very important process, because the performance system of the People's Art Theater itself is self-contained. After students of the Central Academy of Art come in, they become familiar with each other relatively quickly, because half of the Central Academy of Arts is based on the People's Art Theater today.

This involves two old stories. One is that the Central Opera Troupe was incorporated into the People's Art Theater more than 50 years ago, and the second is that the Central Opera was studying in the past. They studied the foreign drama system. As a result, they were questioned: You Central Opera are studying Western drama. Is there any nationalization, our own things?

After this incident, the People's Art Theater officially married the Central Academy of Drama.

Although his treatment today is not as good as the old story of Vice President Ren Ming back then, it is not far from that.

After Ren Ming graduated from the Central Academy of Drama, the brothers of the Central Academy of Drama and the People's Arts almost broke up in order to seize Ren Ming's future star.

The Central Academy of Drama wanted to stay in school to teach, and he would just let others go to the school to teach. As the vice president of the People's Art Theater, Lin Liankun had no choice but to go over and ask for files in person.

But even though he gave up his face and took over the file, he was detained by the Central Academy of Drama.

For this reason, the then vice president Yu Shizhi had no choice but to write a handwritten letter to the director of the Central Academy of Drama, and then he got the person.

After entering the hospital, Ren Ming was also carried by a group of seniors to protect him. In order to keep him at ease, Lin Liankun played the leading role of the drama he directed as soon as he entered the hospital.

This is a great exaggeration for a new director.

But this was just beginning, and then, Ren Ming was nominated for a member of the Art Committee for one year and was promoted to vice president of the People's Art Theater four years later.

Ren Ming did not disappoint the expectations of all the seniors, and he kept the name of the People's Art Theater with dozens of works with different styles.

"Honor, honor." Xu Rong smiled embarrassedly, but in his heart, he was really not honored at all.

I even had the urge to turn my head and leave, which was so stressful.

In the actor industry, there is a saying that a good actor may not be able to act in a good film and television drama, but if a film and television actor does not have the training of the drama stage, he will definitely not be able to act in a drama.

Xu Rong does not deny this, because in the theater, especially in the small theater, the distance between the audience and the actor is only a few meters or even one meter, and every subtle expression and action of the actor will fall into the audience's eyes exactly.

And it is not enough to finish the performance in three or five minutes, but it takes more than two hours in a row, memorizing the lines of thousands of words thoroughly. It is just the foundation of the basics. You have to say and act well, which requires extremely solid basic skills and strong psychological qualities.

He has little stage experience and can perform, but it is basically unlikely to say that he is good at acting.

The most important thing is that he has no time.

The first day he taught him was Zhu Xu. The old man was much more kind today, but his face was quite long and his eyes were big. Even if he didn't smile, even if he was kind, he was limited. When the old man saw him coming, he nodded and said, "Let's go to the rehearsal hall, let's talk while we walked."

After glanced at the notebook and pen in Xu Rong's hand, the old man pointed his forehead with his hand and said, "Don't remember it in the notebook, it should be in the mind."

"good."

While walking slowly, the old man pointed to the photos and stills in the corridor and said, "Our hospital was a comprehensive theater troupe before. Later, after merged with the Central Academy of Drama Theater, the old dean proposed to build an international first-class theater like the Moscow Art Theater. We have achieved it, but we have not achieved it."

"We have established our own acting system and created classics. By the way, what do you think is a classic?" Zhu Xu said, suddenly turning his head and asking.

Xu Rong thought for a while and said, "Are the audience willing to spend money to watch?"

"It's wrong, it's something that the audience can still remember after thirty or fifty years." Zhu Xu shook his head and pointed to the stills of "Watou Club" on the wall. "No matter how many tickets you sell, no matter how much you like it, it can't be called a classic."

"Um?"
To be continued...
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